Disclaimer: Avatar the Last Airbender copyright Dante Dimartino, Brian Konietzko and Nickelodeon Studios.
From the first time she'd seen it, she'd been obsessed with Zuko's scar. The patch of melted flesh had simultaneously appalled and appealed to her, drudging up a mixture of feelings it took her years to sort through.
At first, the ugly sore was all she could remember of the firebender. The smeared skin reflected everything cruel and hateful about the Fire Nation.
Ba Sing Se changed everything. For the first time, she'd seen past the garish scar and saw the person behind it. She'd been shocked to see her own pain reflected in those golden eyes.
She'd reached out.
